Noah Webster's Dictionary 1. (n.) A running knot, or loop, which binds the closer the more it is drawn. 2. (v. t.) To tie in a noose; to catch in a noose; to entrap; to ensnare.

Multi-Version Concordance Noose (3 Occurrences) 1 Corinthians 7:35 And this for your own profit I say: not that I may cast a noose upon you, but for the seemliness and devotedness to the Lord, undistractedly, (YLT) Job 18:10 A noose is hidden for him in the ground, a trap for him in the way. (WEB JPS ASV NAS NIV) Proverbs 7:22 He followed her immediately, as an ox goes to the slaughter, as a fool stepping into a noose. (WEB NIV)